Deep State (pt.1)

I have finally seen The Deep State: it was fully revealed in the eyebrows of Steven Castor, of Counsel to The Republican Party during the House Impeachment hearing the other day, as Mr. Castor questioned the state department official, Fiona Hill.

The Deep State is not the lawless place it's so often portrayed. There are rules inside The Deep State, clearly understood by both sides, a set of assumptions and deeply held beliefs that are rigorously adhered to and which were on display on both network and cable TV during the three day hearing-fest.

(The underlying, foundational premise of The Deep State is that Republicans are now Democrats and Democrats are now Republicans. That is, the Party of the Righteous Right, once believers in law and order, fiscal conservatisim and a strong military have ceded that political platform to the Judgmental Left who have the votes in the House but not in the Senate to impeach the President).

The two parties, Republican and Democratic, have come together to cobble together articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States. Some takeaways, as the network news anchors like to say in the opinion pages of The New York Times, from a very close viewing of the impreachment proceedings:

1) under no circumstance is a person elected to higher office to be taken seriously.

2) yes, the Democrats are right.

3) no, the Republicans are wrong.

4) Donald J. Trump is not as intelligent as Richard M. Nixon, nor does he run as tight a ship.

5) it's not good when you can't form a government, as the government in Israel can't currently form a government.

6) on the other hand, maybe it's not bad to not form a government.